Career Highlights
1962–1964 Gallatin Missouri –Instrumental Music Instructor/Band Director
- High School Band received “I” ratings at Music Festival
- Numerous students and Ensembles received “I” ratings at Music Festival
1964-1965 Graduate Assistant at UCM (CMSU) selected by Eugene Rousseau
- Featured soloist with Band Spring Tour 1965
- Worked with Dr. Russ Coleman writing Marching Band Shows and as Director of the Esseg Collection (Civil War Instruments) on tour and as Assistant Director.
- Received MA Degree in Performance
1965-1966 Music Instructor/Band Director at Northgate Junior High, NKC MO
1966-1980 Instrumental Music Instructor/Assistant Director of Bands/Director of Bands, Park Hill High School, Kansas City Missouri
- Freshman Band selected for the SWMENC Convention in St. Louis, MO
- Freshman Band consistently received “I” ratings at Suburban Kansas City Music Festival
- Numerous students and ensembles received “I” ratings at Music Festival
- Numerous clarinet players selected for All State Band
- Elected Band Vice President of MMEA
- Elected President of MBA
- High School Band performed several times at MMEA
- Wrote Marching band show drill
1981-1994 Instrumental Music Instructor/Assistant Director of Bands/Lees Summit Schools
- High School Band performed at MMEA several times
- Numerous clarinet players accepted into the Missouri All-State Band
- Received Distinguished Alumni Award at UCM (CMSU) 1985
- Wrote custom marching band show drill for High Schools and Colleges.
1994 – 2000 Instrumental Music Instructor/Assistant Director of Bands – Olathe North High School, Olathe Kansas
2001-2006 Woodwind Specialist for Kansas City Kansas School District
- Organized the first Junior High Music Festival in KC Kansas schools
- Received the Midwest Winds Band Director Salute in 2007
OTHER NOTES
- Elected to Who’s Who in America Among College and University Students 1962
- Continually encouraged students to participate in Pit Orchestras and Community Bands.
- Adjudicator at many Music Festivals throughout the states of Missouri, Kansas, and North Dakota
- Instructor, Clinician at Band Camps throughout Missouri
- Member of the St Joe Symphony and the Northland Symphony Orchestra
- Member of several Community Bands in Missouri and Kansas
- Music Director for High School Musicals and Kansas City Parks and Recreation Theater in the Park
- 40 plus years of teaching in public schools and private lesson studio.
- At one time 4 clarinet players were simultaneously 1st chair in their respective college bands
- Introduced the Kirkwood High School Band under the direction of his eldelst son, Jason for their performance at MMEA in 2010